Topic:
Suomi-NPPCERES FSW Patch Upload and Activation March 23, 2018
Date/Time
Issued: March 23, 2018 1755Z
Product(s)
or Data Impacted: All CERES Sensor Data
Date/Time
of Initial Impact: March 23, 2018 1645Z
Date/Time
of Expected End: March 23, 2018 2011Z
Length
of Outage: See Details.
Details/Specifics
of change: On March 23, 2018, S-NPP CERES will be
commanded into Diagnostic and the Standby Modes to permit the
upload and activation of a Langley Research Center (LaRC)
requested FSW patch that contains a modified instrument sequence
for slot fourteen
This is
a modified version of the full internal calibration, where the
SWICS cycles through three intensity levels for twenty scans
each while the black body is off. CERES will produce the
Diagnostic APID while in Diagnostic and Standby Modes, including
during the Memory Dump.
The
timeline of events for this maneuver are provided below:
SNPP
Svalbard 33175 16:45:25 Z - 16:57:05 Z CERES will be commanded
to Diagnostic Mode, FSW memory loaded, and commanded to Stanby.
SNPP
Svalbard 33175 18:28:29 Z - 18:39:15 Z CERES commanded to
Crosstrack mode and restored to nominal operations.
Web
Site(s) for applicable information: N/A
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